Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
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RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
Allied convoys flee to NW... Everything from light cruisers and tankers to merchants, gunships and torpedo boats there!
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RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
December 17 1941
Another good day to the Empire(with some luck)!
Kido Butai:
A USN submarine attacks KB in the night and hits CV Akagi. The torpedo is reported to explode, but Akagi suffers no damage. FOW - phew!
Hiryu and Soryu pursued the fleeing enemy, but found only the DD Mahan that was still intact. D3A dive bombers sunk it!
The rest of the KB attacked Wake Island. A Zero was lost(pilot OK) to 2 Wildcats(the only ones that took off to defend), and the island's garrison was hit hard. Wake will be invaded tomorrow!
Malaya & DEI:
Near Palembang, a Japanese CL & DD squadron meets the patrolling Dutchmen and makes mince meat out of them. Long Lances score 2 kills in this brutal nocturnal point-blank range encounter.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkep at 49,87, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2
Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Tromp, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is SUNK
DD Van Nes sunk by CL Jintsu at 1,000 yards
CL Tromp was left in sinking condition and most probably did not survive the night. DD Yudachi suffered only minor damage...
In daylight, IJNAF attacked and sunk about 10 ships with both torpedoes and bombs. Many are still left!
Also, Japanese submarines in the area managed to sink 2 merchantmen and 2 tankers. Banzai to that!
Manado fell to the IJN Marines. Time to fly in the bombers and recon aircraft!
Burma: looks like the Allies are reinforcing the Andaman Islands, so 3 Paratrooper companies might not be enough to take them, and naval invasion is out of question as long as Singapore holds. Hmm...
New Guinea: 2 IJN AMC armed merchant raiders catch a convoy of 2 troop transports escorted by 2 gunships near Port Moresby. They're all hit hard and left to sink, Banzai!
Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 95,130, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru
AMC Hokoku Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
PC Swan, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Moresby, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Malaita, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAP Morinda, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
Another good day to the Empire(with some luck)!
Kido Butai:
A USN submarine attacks KB in the night and hits CV Akagi. The torpedo is reported to explode, but Akagi suffers no damage. FOW - phew!
Hiryu and Soryu pursued the fleeing enemy, but found only the DD Mahan that was still intact. D3A dive bombers sunk it!
The rest of the KB attacked Wake Island. A Zero was lost(pilot OK) to 2 Wildcats(the only ones that took off to defend), and the island's garrison was hit hard. Wake will be invaded tomorrow!
Malaya & DEI:
Near Palembang, a Japanese CL & DD squadron meets the patrolling Dutchmen and makes mince meat out of them. Long Lances score 2 kills in this brutal nocturnal point-blank range encounter.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkep at 49,87, Range 1,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2
Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Tromp, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is SUNK
DD Van Nes sunk by CL Jintsu at 1,000 yards
CL Tromp was left in sinking condition and most probably did not survive the night. DD Yudachi suffered only minor damage...
In daylight, IJNAF attacked and sunk about 10 ships with both torpedoes and bombs. Many are still left!
Also, Japanese submarines in the area managed to sink 2 merchantmen and 2 tankers. Banzai to that!
Manado fell to the IJN Marines. Time to fly in the bombers and recon aircraft!
Burma: looks like the Allies are reinforcing the Andaman Islands, so 3 Paratrooper companies might not be enough to take them, and naval invasion is out of question as long as Singapore holds. Hmm...
New Guinea: 2 IJN AMC armed merchant raiders catch a convoy of 2 troop transports escorted by 2 gunships near Port Moresby. They're all hit hard and left to sink, Banzai!
Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 95,130, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru
AMC Hokoku Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
PC Swan, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Moresby, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Malaita, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAP Morinda, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
A good few days. Nice to see you make use of those South Seas AMCs. Well done. How did their exp go after that one? They could be tough ships if they survive a few battles and get good levels of exp.
For your sweeps against the Dutch if you can put another group in there, I often find that the second arriving will do better after the first weakens the CAP.
For your sweeps against the Dutch if you can put another group in there, I often find that the second arriving will do better after the first weakens the CAP.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
ORIGINAL: obvert
A good few days. Nice to see you make use of those South Seas AMCs. Well done. How did their exp go after that one? They could be tough ships if they survive a few battles and get good levels of exp.
For your sweeps against the Dutch if you can put another group in there, I often find that the second arriving will do better after the first weakens the CAP.
Their experiences jumped from 23 to 55 and 23 to 67 [8D] (actually 21 to 22 and then 23 since the beginning of the campaign - they already engaged 2 enemy TFs with unescorted merchants but they failed to close in).
Dutch fighter force hasnt been a problem yet, but for reducing the Palembang fighters I'll need more Zeros at Singkawang... I think I'll use Hosho-1 or Zuiho-1 from Singkawang. Or just use the CVLs themselves.
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
That's quite an experience jump. Nice!
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
Okay, so while we wait for the next turn, I thought to write down some of my thoughts regarding the Case Lexington.
Apparently my opponent had picked up some Vindicator dive bombers from Pearl and wanted to reinforce Wake with them. As the Kido Butai attacked Manila, he thought he'd have the time to do that. CV Lexington was sunk only 4 hex from Wake which is much, much closer than the Lexington TF needed to be to deliver the dive bombers or extract the F4F squadron. Why were they so close? Did he do that in hopes of catching an invasion fleet? What was his intel, known and unknown factors, on the Kido Butai? I am 100% positive that he must have seen the KB first attack Manila and then sail South to Mindanao where KB's Zeros fought off the P-26s. After this, CVL Ryujo entered the Celebes Sea and has been patrolling it since. Ryujo's 9 B5Ns have sunk 10 ships already, averaging one a day! Did Roger think that KB would stay with the Ryujo(or the other way around)? Is this why he has not contested the landings at Mindanao or Manado(in Celebes) or sent even destroyer patrols? If yes, where are his patrol planes - why did he not use them to make sure that the KB actually is where he presumed it to be?
Its also possible that he KB to be on its way and thought he could take the risk and get away with it. But why move Lexington that close then, why not keep CAP % high or fly Wake's VMF-211 aboard the Lex? KB had taken the most direct route to Wake and had been rendervouzed and refueled by a replenishment AO TF that had waited in anchor in a nearby Super Secret Hideout. KB had also used full speed of 28 knots(Kaga's flank speed) for a day.
Theres still something I got to give Roger. Though I can see that hes reinforcing Palembang's garrison(booooring!!) and mining the sea hexes around it, he has also been an active opponent so far. After only 10 turns, the naval losses have been greater than in the 200+ turns of my last game!!!
Naval losses
Nihon Kaigun:
CL Isuzu (sunk by a submarine)
1 TB (sunk by RN DDs)
1 DMS (97 floatation damage and about to sink, will be sunk by a submarine)
2 PC (actually they were probably very old, re-designated DDs, sunk by RN DDs)
1 AMc tiny coastal minesweeper(sunk by strafing P-40s)
The SSX minisubmarines at Pearl Harbor
No other losses - of any kind!
Allies:
CV Enterprise
CA Astoria
CA Chicago
CA Portland
CL Dragon
CL Durban
CL Danae (has been hit by 10+ shells, 2 torpedoes and 2x 250kg bombs, at Singapore, probably sunk or sinking at the moment)
CL Tromp
4 old USN DDs
1 Dutch DD
1 modern RN DD
1 DM (Thracian)
3 or 4 modern USN DDs
At least 16 submarines!
Crapload of other shipping, with big fat xAPs and TKs... We're getting close to 200 confirmed sinkings!
Important damaged ships:
CL Mauritius (I have no idea how badly, but she did suffer multiple 200mm hits through the belt armor)
CL Java (probably just a scratch)
3-4 DDs (at least 1, DD Peary, has suffered heavily and will most probably not escape Singapore)
12-13 submarines, mainly at Manila, everything from heavy damage from bomb hits to depth charges
Its been a pretty fun game so far. [8D]
Apparently my opponent had picked up some Vindicator dive bombers from Pearl and wanted to reinforce Wake with them. As the Kido Butai attacked Manila, he thought he'd have the time to do that. CV Lexington was sunk only 4 hex from Wake which is much, much closer than the Lexington TF needed to be to deliver the dive bombers or extract the F4F squadron. Why were they so close? Did he do that in hopes of catching an invasion fleet? What was his intel, known and unknown factors, on the Kido Butai? I am 100% positive that he must have seen the KB first attack Manila and then sail South to Mindanao where KB's Zeros fought off the P-26s. After this, CVL Ryujo entered the Celebes Sea and has been patrolling it since. Ryujo's 9 B5Ns have sunk 10 ships already, averaging one a day! Did Roger think that KB would stay with the Ryujo(or the other way around)? Is this why he has not contested the landings at Mindanao or Manado(in Celebes) or sent even destroyer patrols? If yes, where are his patrol planes - why did he not use them to make sure that the KB actually is where he presumed it to be?
Its also possible that he KB to be on its way and thought he could take the risk and get away with it. But why move Lexington that close then, why not keep CAP % high or fly Wake's VMF-211 aboard the Lex? KB had taken the most direct route to Wake and had been rendervouzed and refueled by a replenishment AO TF that had waited in anchor in a nearby Super Secret Hideout. KB had also used full speed of 28 knots(Kaga's flank speed) for a day.
Theres still something I got to give Roger. Though I can see that hes reinforcing Palembang's garrison(booooring!!) and mining the sea hexes around it, he has also been an active opponent so far. After only 10 turns, the naval losses have been greater than in the 200+ turns of my last game!!!
Naval losses
Nihon Kaigun:
CL Isuzu (sunk by a submarine)
1 TB (sunk by RN DDs)
1 DMS (97 floatation damage and about to sink, will be sunk by a submarine)
2 PC (actually they were probably very old, re-designated DDs, sunk by RN DDs)
1 AMc tiny coastal minesweeper(sunk by strafing P-40s)
The SSX minisubmarines at Pearl Harbor
No other losses - of any kind!
Allies:
CV Enterprise
CA Astoria
CA Chicago
CA Portland
CL Dragon
CL Durban
CL Danae (has been hit by 10+ shells, 2 torpedoes and 2x 250kg bombs, at Singapore, probably sunk or sinking at the moment)
CL Tromp
4 old USN DDs
1 Dutch DD
1 modern RN DD
1 DM (Thracian)
3 or 4 modern USN DDs
At least 16 submarines!
Crapload of other shipping, with big fat xAPs and TKs... We're getting close to 200 confirmed sinkings!
Important damaged ships:
CL Mauritius (I have no idea how badly, but she did suffer multiple 200mm hits through the belt armor)
CL Java (probably just a scratch)
3-4 DDs (at least 1, DD Peary, has suffered heavily and will most probably not escape Singapore)
12-13 submarines, mainly at Manila, everything from heavy damage from bomb hits to depth charges
Its been a pretty fun game so far. [8D]
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
December 18 1941
Another day in schedule(or nearly), with a minor setback... More about that later.
Burma:
The Allies have over 120 planes at Rangoon with multiple convoys, probably unloading supplies or loading troops to be evacuated. I dunno. Pisanuloke's airfield doesnt have enough supply to support drop tanks so the 2 Ki-43 Sentais dont have quite the (normal) range to reach Rangoon... So instead they will tomorrow sweep the adjacent base, Pegu, while Ki-21s bomb the troops.
Also tomorrow, 2 Marine paratrooper battalions will be dropped at Port Blair in the Andamans by Army transports. There are ships there too but I give 50/50% to take the place tomorrow.
DEI/Malaya:
In the night, Imperial and Allied navies struggled. CL Sendai TF first ran into 4 small minesweepers and sunk them all. Then the Heavy Cover TF with BBs Kongo and Haruna ran into what was probably every single Dutch PT boat in the DEI. They were all sunk to no losses.
After this, an Allied CL Squadron led by CL De Ruyter somehow passed through the screen of Japanese CL, CA and BB Ts and found the 8 minesweepers that I had reserved for clearing the minefield off Palembang... Well, that only means that instead of the 10 minesweepers that were in the plan, we'll have to go with 2. Lol. This probably isnt so bad though as the Allies have hit their own minefield now about a dozen times as they've cruised to and from Palembang. [:D]
In the day phase, the De Ruyter TF met and engaged the Sendai Squadron. 2 Imperial destroyers were moderately damaged in this battle(but will survive), but 2 Allied destroyers were hit hard and the rest of the Allied ships are now definitely out of torpedoes and have probably used up most of their ammo.
IJN submarines sunk at least 5 more (civilian) ships in the area, while IJNAF bombers took out at least 4 more. IJAAF bombers struck Singapore and scored a direct 250kg bomb hit on a submarine in the port!! Zeros from Kota Bharu and Singkawang escorted bombers and flew LRCAP over the battleships. They engaged Dutch and RAF fighters and bombers and shot down at least 1 Buffalo, 3 B-339s(also Buffalos) and 3 139WH bombers + a Wirraway(never seen these in action before!) to no loss. Slowly but steadily we are reducing the Allied air strength in the area: the Allies will get no air reinforcements any soon, if they dont choose to use the US AVG and its H-81s from Burma.
Tomorrow the IJN invasion fleet will rendervouz in the middle of the sea, while fighters and bombers from Singkawang, CVL Zuiho and CVE Hosho will provide support. 3 more very powerful surface combat task forces are moved in the area. Air units in Malaya will continue their task of hitting the fleeing shipping and Singapore.
The Sumatra Invasion Force has the 4th Infantry Division, 2 battalions of SNLF Marines, 3 mechanized recon companies, some artillery, 2 engineering regiments, aviation support battalions and a base force unit. The amphibious TFs themselves dont have anything bigger than DDs and CLs embedded, but air cover is provided from Zuiho & Hosho + about half of the IJN submarine force and 1/3 of Imperial surface fleet is in the area. There are also some reserves.
Depending on how tomorrow goes I will choose between landing directly at Palembang and landing at Oosthaven in the South instead. The last is probably the safer option mines and surface threat wise, but it does have its own risks.
Pacific: Wake Island falls!!!! The Kido Butai will now retire.
Another day in schedule(or nearly), with a minor setback... More about that later.
Burma:
The Allies have over 120 planes at Rangoon with multiple convoys, probably unloading supplies or loading troops to be evacuated. I dunno. Pisanuloke's airfield doesnt have enough supply to support drop tanks so the 2 Ki-43 Sentais dont have quite the (normal) range to reach Rangoon... So instead they will tomorrow sweep the adjacent base, Pegu, while Ki-21s bomb the troops.
Also tomorrow, 2 Marine paratrooper battalions will be dropped at Port Blair in the Andamans by Army transports. There are ships there too but I give 50/50% to take the place tomorrow.
DEI/Malaya:
In the night, Imperial and Allied navies struggled. CL Sendai TF first ran into 4 small minesweepers and sunk them all. Then the Heavy Cover TF with BBs Kongo and Haruna ran into what was probably every single Dutch PT boat in the DEI. They were all sunk to no losses.
After this, an Allied CL Squadron led by CL De Ruyter somehow passed through the screen of Japanese CL, CA and BB Ts and found the 8 minesweepers that I had reserved for clearing the minefield off Palembang... Well, that only means that instead of the 10 minesweepers that were in the plan, we'll have to go with 2. Lol. This probably isnt so bad though as the Allies have hit their own minefield now about a dozen times as they've cruised to and from Palembang. [:D]
In the day phase, the De Ruyter TF met and engaged the Sendai Squadron. 2 Imperial destroyers were moderately damaged in this battle(but will survive), but 2 Allied destroyers were hit hard and the rest of the Allied ships are now definitely out of torpedoes and have probably used up most of their ammo.
IJN submarines sunk at least 5 more (civilian) ships in the area, while IJNAF bombers took out at least 4 more. IJAAF bombers struck Singapore and scored a direct 250kg bomb hit on a submarine in the port!! Zeros from Kota Bharu and Singkawang escorted bombers and flew LRCAP over the battleships. They engaged Dutch and RAF fighters and bombers and shot down at least 1 Buffalo, 3 B-339s(also Buffalos) and 3 139WH bombers + a Wirraway(never seen these in action before!) to no loss. Slowly but steadily we are reducing the Allied air strength in the area: the Allies will get no air reinforcements any soon, if they dont choose to use the US AVG and its H-81s from Burma.
Tomorrow the IJN invasion fleet will rendervouz in the middle of the sea, while fighters and bombers from Singkawang, CVL Zuiho and CVE Hosho will provide support. 3 more very powerful surface combat task forces are moved in the area. Air units in Malaya will continue their task of hitting the fleeing shipping and Singapore.
The Sumatra Invasion Force has the 4th Infantry Division, 2 battalions of SNLF Marines, 3 mechanized recon companies, some artillery, 2 engineering regiments, aviation support battalions and a base force unit. The amphibious TFs themselves dont have anything bigger than DDs and CLs embedded, but air cover is provided from Zuiho & Hosho + about half of the IJN submarine force and 1/3 of Imperial surface fleet is in the area. There are also some reserves.
Depending on how tomorrow goes I will choose between landing directly at Palembang and landing at Oosthaven in the South instead. The last is probably the safer option mines and surface threat wise, but it does have its own risks.
Pacific: Wake Island falls!!!! The Kido Butai will now retire.
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
Looks like this game is over.
RE: Name the AAR! Erkki(J) vs. Roger Neilson (A) (No Roger!)
ORIGINAL: Erkki
Looks like this game is over.
Wow. Sorry to hear that. It was a bit quick. What happened?
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill